104753 - mozilla will not load web pages if mozilla is started before the internet connection is established

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 63564

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[dave bordoley]

This bug is a minor annoyance, and being a new user, it may already be known. 
If i load mozilla before connecting to the internet via a ppp client, I
obviously get an error stating that mozilla.org or any other start up page is
unable to be contacted. However, assuming I keep the same mozilla window open,
and then connect to the internet, I get the same error when loading any page.  a
workaround for this problem is to choose to work offline, and then choose to
workonline. then mozilla can once again surf the web.  

here is a replication scenario:
1. load mozilla with no internet connection
2. connect to the internet via a ppp connection
3. try to surf any web page via the already opened mozilla window.

I haven't tested this bug on 0.95, so it may be fixed in this build, but the
error does appear in 0.94.

Comment 1

[Bradley Baetz (:bbaetz)]

Dupe of bug 63564, which is marked WONTFIX. This is cached by libc; going
offline and then online is the only workarround, although I wasn't aware that
that code had been hooked up yet. Hmm.

Also see bug 64857, which has a suggestion of a fix for this, but again, it
would only be toggled on going online, since we have to ask libc to do this change.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 63564 ***

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

I assume Breadley meant that clicking the offline/online icon in the browser is
a workaround. You can reconnect 1000 times to the Internet without a running
mozilla detecting it.

Comment 3

[benc]

VERIFIED/dupe